Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-06-03
O'BRIEh NOW IN BOSTON.
A HEARTY GREETING IN THAT
CITY-THE CROWD TRY TO
DRAW HIS CARRIAGE.

Il AlbhhA AANh ~ lAhA /
CITY-THE CROWD TRY TO
DRAW HIS CARRIAGE.
Boston, May 29.-The train
from Montreal. bearing Editor Will |
liam O'Blieu, reached the Boston |
and Lowell station, at this city, |
this morning. A large crowd was |
in waiting, and as Mr.. O'Brien |
stepped from the train he was !
greeted with cheer upon cheer
Mr.. OBrien was accompanied by
Mr.. Dennis Kllbride was met by a
committee representing the local
Irish societies, and was escorted 10
a carriage in waiting, and quickly
driven to the Parker House. An
attempt was made by the crowd to
detach the horses from the carriage,
and draw him to his hotel, but this
was prevented by the police. On
arriving at the hotel Mr.. O'Brien
breakfasted with the committee,
and a reception was consequently
held in one of the large parlOrs.
Mr.. O'Brien then retired for brief
rest, being considerably fatigued
by his Journey. At five o'clock he
dined privately with the committee,
and at seven o'clock was escorted
by them TO the Boston Theater,
where the evenings address was to
be delivered. Mayor O'Bren met
them Just inside the door, and ex-
tended a welcome 70 Editor OBrien
in the most informal manner. The
distinguished visitor then proceed
ed to the stage, upon which we're
seated many prominent gentlemen.
The thea;er was filled from pit 10
dome. and Mr., O'Buen, as he ap-
peared upon the stage, was receiv-
ed with great applause.
John Boyle ORiely presided and
made a stirring speech, and then
introduced Mr.. O'Brien, who was
again greeted with deatening
and long continued applause
american sympathy" he said, sis
no new thing to Ireland, for it has
been the daystar of our hopes IN
many a dark hour. know no liv-
ing force that has had such a mag
zeal effect as American opinion in
nerving the great heart OF William
Ewart Gladstone and our own
matchless leader, Charles Stewart
Parnell-God bless and guard them
both Why do | say American
opinion is of so much weight : Be
cause America is the land Of the
future, the land of the free, and any
cause that commends itself 70 the
hearts and sympathies Of sixty mil
lions of American freemen-that
cause can no more fail than the
proslavery mob. to whom our chair.
man Just alluded, could today fas.
ten the links upon the slaves whom
America SET free.
ave came here upon american
soil prepared 10 meet a good deal
of kindness. We came certainly
prepared TO meet something n little
different from the paving-stones
and the revOlveIs with which Lord
LandsdCwne's friends misses and
p cries Of 'DOwn with him, prefer to
argue on the other side OF the Dor.
der-that is, when they are about
fifty to one or so they are the most
d0cile and the most peace.lOving
creatures | ever saw when they are
matched evenly. man to man. |
do not know how to account TOR the
extraordinary outburst Of Amcri.
can feeling about our trip to Cana
da. We had a good many discOur-
agements to face, good many cal
umnies, and q good deal of brutal
ty, and, perhaps, some little per
sonal danger, but We only did our
duty as lrishmen, and there are
tens of thousands Of lrishmen who
would be only too glad to follow in
our footsteps. This much, at all
events, think Mr.. Parnell and his
men around him can fairly claim,
d that we have never asked our cOun-
trymen to undertake risk which
We did not Share with them. Loud
applause. The men at Luggacur-
ran trusted us, and please God, as
long as there is a breath in our
bodies, they won't trust us in vain.
When the men OF Luggacurran
showed us such a spirit as they did,
= we should have been very poor
creatures, indeed, il we had dread.
ed to come out here and to tell Lord
Landsdowne the truth to his teeth,
or, if we were to allow ourselves to
be lntimidated by the fact that a
small gang ofignorant fanatics bar
red the way with their bludgeOns
. aud revolvcrs. Kisses. Ii We
had allowed ourselves to be intiml-
dated by threats OF that kind three
= years ago in ireland, we never
p would have crossed the BOyne into
that great province Of lister, which
p is our own today. Loud ap-
plause.